Shelf and ironing-board attachment.



No. 885,387. PATENTED APR. 21, 190

0. R. SHAW. SHELF AND IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 5. 1907.

IN'X/IEZNTOEL WITNESSES CHARLES R, 5544 A'rTf @W 1025 cm, wasumcran, nc.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES R. SHAW, OF FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHELF AND IRONING-IBOARD ATTACHMENT.

Application filed Indy 5,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. SHAW, of Fitchburg, in the county of \Vorcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shelf and Ironing-Board Attachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in means for attaching a shelf or the like to a w. ll and has primarily for its object to provide a novel device of this character whereby the shelf or ironing board may be retained in position.

It is furthermore, an object of the invention to provide a novel device of this kind whereby the shelf or ironin board may be removably or tem orarily held in position.

It is also an o ject of the invention to provide in conjunction with the wall retaining means, a novel device for supporting the free end of an ironing board.

Finally, an object of this invention is to produce a device of the character noted, which will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, proving at the same time comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding arts in the several views, in which- Figure 1, is a fragmentary view in elevation of a wall showing a socket employed in the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the socket detached. Fig. 3, is a pers ective view in elevation, partly in section il ustrating detached, the supporting brackets of a shelf and the shelf. Fig. 4, is a perspective view, partly in section of an ironing board adapted to be employed in conjunction with the sockets. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of a detail of the supporting mechanism for the free portion of the iron ing board.

In the drawings 1, indicates a wall or partition in which are embedded the sockets 2.

5 These sockets are retained in position through the medium of the screws 3, which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

1907. Serial No. 382,182.

' pass through the flanges 4, formed on the outer edges of the sockets. The to wall 5, of each of the sockets is inclined w ile centrally of the bottom 6, of the socket 2, adj acent its free edge is an upstanding lug 7.

WVhen it is desired to support a shelf, the brackets S, are employed. Each of these brackets has an extended portion 9, which E extends within a socket 2, and is provided with a perforation 10, through which the lug 7, is adapted to pass. Thelower portion 11,

of the bracket is intended to contact with the wall or partition 1. These brackets are adapted to support a shelf 12.

Vhen the ironing board 13, is employed, the angular brackets 14, are secured to the under surface of the board said brackets 14, being provided with the perforation 15, through which pass the lugs 7 The free end of the ironing board may be supported in any manner but it is desired to employ the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. In this form of structure an approximately U- shaped bracket 16, is secured to the ironing j board, said bracket having formed adjacent its free ends the elongated o enings 16. The supporting standard 17, is ormed from a continuous piece of metal bent back upon itself and diverging at one end to form the l arms 18, which are pivotally held to the \bracket 16, by the headed pivots 19, which are secured in the arms 18, and bind against the bracket. The elongated slot permits an adjustment of the supporting standard with relation to the board 13. It is further to be observed that the foot 20, is secured to the I base of the standard. The upper or free ends of the arms 18, are notched as at 21, and each of these notches is adapted to engage an inwardly extending lug 22, carried by the bracket. This engagement of the notch with the lug 22, holds the supporting standard 17, against movement on its pivot. It is to be observed that the notch 21, is of sufficient de th as to allow of an adjustment within the e ongated openings 16.

What I claim is:

. In combination with a wall, sockets therein, a lug within the sockets, and perforated members extending within the sockets enaged by the lug, the top wall of the sockets eing inclined.

CHARLES R. SHAW. Witnesses:

O. A. TAFT, K. S. TAFT. 

